Document Action: 'Guidance on End-to-End E-mail Security' to Informational RFC (draft-ietf-lamps-e2e-mail-guidance-16.txt)

The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Mon, 18 March 2024 07:00 UTC

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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:34 -0700
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The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Guidance on End-to-End E-mail Security'
  (draft-ietf-lamps-e2e-mail-guidance-16.txt) as Informational RFC

This document is the product of the Limited Additional Mechanisms for PKIX
and SMIME Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Paul Wouters and Roman Danyliw.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lamps-e2e-mail-guidance/




Technical Summary

   End-to-end cryptographic protections for e-mail messages can provide
   useful security.  However, the standards for providing cryptographic
   protection are extremely flexible.  That flexibility can trap users
   and cause surprising failures.  This document offers guidance for
   mail user agent implementers to help mitigate those risks, and to
   make end-to-end e-mail simple and secure for the end user.  It
   provides a useful set of vocabulary as well as recommendations to
   avoid common failures.  It also identifies a number of currently
   unsolved usability and interoperability problems.

Working Group Summary

There is support in the LAMPS WG for this document. It was developed over the last three years, with discussion at almost every IETF meeting during that time period.

Document Quality

There has been some code written, but so far, vendors of major email user agents have not said whether they will implement.  One did offer insightful review of the Internet-Draft during WG Last Call.

Personnel

The Document Shepherd for this document is Russ Housley. 

The Responsible Area Director is Roman Danyliw.

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